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The math institutethe math institute will help teachers to see mathematics as a liberating tool that creates opportunities for students from all backgrounds to develop key life skills, including the ability to analyze quantitative information accurately and critically. During 2023, the main objectives for the math institute was to provide highly impactful teacher workshop pedagogical and physical material training, as well as provide physical materials capable of transforming classrooms. Through these resources we aim to enhance educational opportunities for all adolescent students and lift the pedagogical standards of mathematics teachers. (continued in schedule o) there were 220 sales for material resources and workshop trainings were provided to constituents in 33 states and the district of columbia within public, private, and charter schools, as well as homeschool families. Included in that number are people and organizations in 16 other countries.

Montessori adolescent practitioner symposium (maps)maps is a digital conference that bring educators and students together. Our maps team provides a space where researchers and educators can collaborate, inspire each other, and share their research. Underrepresented voices in the montessori community, such as adolescent learners, will have an opportunity to give feedback on educational methods that have worked well and poorly for them, and educators and researchers will be able to discuss different educational environments and programs to understand them better and to hone their understandings of the experiences that work best for students, particularly those who are underserved. (continued in schedule o)we had a successful 2023 digital maps conference with participants from usa, canada, mexico, china, philippines, germany, netherlands, argentina with incredible feedback from our adolescent community requesting more adolescent voices to be present in the conference. In 2024, we will continue to elevate underrepresented voices in the montessori discourse (including adolescents), showcase innovative work by practitioners in the field and adolescents as an inspiration to others, and be a catalyst for more action research projects; publications, exposure to a variety of different montessori adolescent environments.

Train montessori train montessori creates and offers teacher training programs that emphasize the montessori method of education, in which children are encouraged to follow their natural interests and undertake hands-on learning in order to develop subject proficiency and real-world skills. A unique perspective with this area of programming, train montessori deviates from traditional teacher training methodologies by focusing on equity and accessibility and centering access for adults from a globally and economically diverse population. (continued in schedule o)this unique focus will ensure to create a responsive learning environment for adults, and by doing so, the train montessori team creates ideal learning environments for students around the world in underserved communities. Train montessori intends to offer its programs at rates that are below market, and will utilize sliding scale pricing and subsidies supported by donations from the general public to ensure that its programs are available to all educators who wish to learn and improve their teaching approach.train montessori has approached programming in a variety of ways to pilot an equitable approach : multiple time zones, tiered tuition sliding scale, program design that allowed for global participation, continued growth of future trainers within montessori leadership, modeling equity grading, piloting adolescent competencies as a lever for other countries to be able to engage on what future teachers will look like, free coaching for 6 months after graduation, and initiating discussions on inter-rater reliability to continue to ignite real dialogue about the implications on the traditional approach to exams for decades. In our 2023 pilot program, train montessori graduated 28 diplomates (canada, colombia, india, mexico, new caledonia, nigeria, philippines, el salvador, united states, vietnam) with a 99% pass rate, 25% opened new adolescent programs, 25% came back for free coaching, and continue to build our alumni group. Our new cohort that began in the fall of 2023 has 29 students (mexico, thailand, usa, brazil, singapore, aruba, spain, taiwan) that continue to bring to life the importance of data informed programming. In this cohort, we are piloting digital observations so our team can do multiple observations while students are in training. Simultaneously, our team is embracing a life/work balance of not being on the road for months at a time and lowering our travel lines that can continue to go towards scholarships for students. We also seek authentic partnerships that continue to answer the call for racial justice and transformational education.